Just read the comment section in the Compost.
Thing is, it's a well written proclamation that recognizes history without glorifying or defending the south. This is the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War and acknowledging that will bring tourism bucks to the Commonwealth.
Do you remember some years back, Colonial Williamsburg wanted to do a reenactment of a slave auction, and all the usual suspects yelled and screamed until they saw that it was more effective than all the words written or spoken about the peculiar institution.